I would like a nice 5 spoke wheel for the S4. Any suggestions?
10-31-2003, 05:26 PM
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picky picky picky.....
do you want me to put a super charger, chip and miltek kit, lowered suspension, body kit, bigger brakes....... what else do you want me to experiment on my car for you ;-) (j/k of course)
10-31-2003, 05:30 PM
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To give you an idea...
<center><img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/224/got_hre_004.jpg"></center><p>This car has 19" HRE 543s on it. Note that obviously it HAS been lowered...
The catch you run into with larger wheels is that, to me, they can actually exacerbate the wheel gap problem. I think the explanation for this is that when you go one size larger in wheels, you have to decrease the thickness of the tire by a corresponding amount in order to maintain a rolling diameter consistent with OEM. When you have a lot of black tire between the rim and the fender, the blackness of the wheel gap (from the fender liner) and the black of the tire sort of run together and at a glance make the gap appear smaller. When you reduce the thickness of the tire the demarcation between the rim and the fender gets sharpened because there is less black tire to "blur" the end of the tire and the beginning of the fender gap. I noticed that when I changed wheels on my car, this is what happened, and even though I hadn't raised my suspension, it gave the illusion that I had.
I way overthought that answer, but whatever. It's a difficult point to explain.
The catch you run into with larger wheels is that, to me, they can actually exacerbate the wheel gap problem. I think the explanation for this is that when you go one size larger in wheels, you have to decrease the thickness of the tire by a corresponding amount in order to maintain a rolling diameter consistent with OEM. When you have a lot of black tire between the rim and the fender, the blackness of the wheel gap (from the fender liner) and the black of the tire sort of run together and at a glance make the gap appear smaller. When you reduce the thickness of the tire the demarcation between the rim and the fender gets sharpened because there is less black tire to "blur" the end of the tire and the beginning of the fender gap. I noticed that when I changed wheels on my car, this is what happened, and even though I hadn't raised my suspension, it gave the illusion that I had.
I way overthought that answer, but whatever. It's a difficult point to explain.
10-31-2003, 06:15 PM
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Thanks, question about your ordered car...
Did you opt not to get the alcantara package as well? Get it, if you can still change your order!!
If I had silver, or nogaro, or lived in Europe so I could get black alcantara...I would have!
If I had silver, or nogaro, or lived in Europe so I could get black alcantara...I would have!